Becci Manson: (Re)touching lives through photos.Tsunami Damaged Photos Repaired By Volunteers Around the World

8/04/2012
ISO 1200 Magazine
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In the wake of the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, mixed into the wreckage were lost and damaged photos of families and loved ones. Photo retoucher Becci Manson, together with local volunteers and a global group of colleagues she recruited online, helped clean and fix them, restoring those memories to their owners.

One of the most important parts of the
Photo rescue project is helping the local volunteer centers hand clean
the hundreds of thousands of lost photos that have been found and handed
in. I wanted to give a shout out to all the volunteers who have
given their time to this task. And the 2 amazing team leaders Wynne and
Craig who lead these teams. Cleaning the photos gets off harmful
bacteria and hopefully a lot of the dirt that cakes most of the photos.
They are then ready for people to come and reclaim. Last week a
young lady found 7 photos that had been cleaned, she had come all the
way from Tokyo, where she now lives, after loosing her home, her parents
and her grand mother. (via facebook.com/photorescuejapan)